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23.
Mr. Wiggin
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the implications of the draft EU constitution for matters within his responsibilities. [119034]
Mr. Blunkett
Existing treaties already provide for police and judicial co-operation and EU action on immigration and asylum. These were areas of cooperation begun by the Conservative Government.New treaty brings existing EU work into a single merged treaty structure. Negotiations continuing, treaty will be agreed at intergovernmental conference (IGC) by unanimity.